2014: Made five starts and appeared in 23 games
in her initial campaign with the Retrievers, mostly as a
catcher… Posted a .250 batting average and a .943 fielding
percentage… Saw her first action as a Retriever on Feb. 15
against Liberty… Drove in a pair of runs on a double against
UMES (March 8) for her first hit of the season… Registered
her first multiple hit game versus Howard (April 2) and drove in
two runs… Named to the America East Commissioner’s
Honor Roll.

PRIOR TO
UMBC:Played two
seasons with the Brookdale Community College (N.J.) softball
team… Helped the Jersey Blues to a National Junior College
Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Tournament finals in
2013… Team won the most games in a single season for a DIII
junior college, with 59 victories, and set the all-time two-year
win record with 108 wins… Earned All-American First Team
honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and
second team recognition from the NJCAA… NJCAA First Team
All-Region selection and All-Garden State Athletic Conference First
Team honoree as a sophomore… Named the NJCAA Female
Student-Athlete of the Year in 2013... Received the 2012-13 John
Stauff Female Scholar Athlete of the Year award at the annual NJCAA
Region XIX awards gala.

BACKGROUND: A
member of the Toms River High School East softball team…
Earned the Ocean County Athletic Directors Sportsmanship Award
(2011)… Also lettered in soccer, basketball and indoor track
and field for the Raiders… A National Honor Society
member… An honor roll student… Daughter of Susan and
Joseph Marino, and Tom Sharp… Has one brother, Tom
Sharp… Born Oct. 20, 1992… Majoring in psychology,
with a minor in math… Hopes to become a physical
therapist… Works as a pastry chef.